Sentences with phrase «poor imitation»

The phrase "poor imitation" refers to something that is not a good copy or reproduction of the original. It lacks the quality, skill, or authenticity of the real thing. Full definition
I also see a lot of poor imitations of popular works.
Because the God of the bible is the true God, the other gods are just poor imitations!
Although named after — and often made to look like — the familiar meat products they are meant to replace, taste testers tend to evaluate them as poor imitations at best.
What I do see are more poor imitations of what they see as their best sellers and the newest, bestest fad.
If I'd been blind-folded during the press meet - and - greet for the exhibition, I would have guessed that whoever was speaking was doing a rather poor imitation of the Margate - raised artist.
All we get is that fake processed dead baby subst.itute — a poor imitation.
That confusion was passed on to our Indian people and we simply began to mimic the Euro - Americans with a poor imitation of a bad model.
I do nt think well ever see another Henry, there will be poorer imitations.
«Why vote for a poor imitation that has overseen an increase in child poverty and the biggest increase since devolution of those people classified as poor despite being at work, when you can have the real thing in the progressive Labour party.
«There will be a contingent of people,» he says, «who will believe these are poor imitations of the originals.»
Unconsciously, I'd return speaking a poor imitation of the harsh northern accent.
It gives you a sign up form, but you have to scroll down quite a way to get to any member samples; on the whole it looks rather empty and clunky, like a poor imitation of Facebook.
Instead, he is allowed to reach deeper into his soul and summon honest emotions — something that last year's «How to Be a Latin Lover» sorely lacked — and it slightly elevates this poor imitation of the original.
Doing a poor imitation of The Hangover, Superbad, Bridesmaids or Neighbors, that's a genre killer.
When films were first shown on television, they were — arguably — poor imitations of what audiences experienced in the theater.
I hated Egoyan's previous movie, Devil's Knot, but he's still an immensely talented filmmaker, and it sounds like he's working from much stronger material rather than making a poor imitation of better movies.
Current FoMoCo behemoth Excursion is already equipped with these bumpers, which are intended to contact and catch a smaller vehicle's front or rear bumper, reinforced side door beams, rear hatch, or tail section, thus preventing the larger vehicle from doing a poor imitation of a monster truck exhibition.
The Hongqi may look like a poor imitation of a Rolls Royce, but the Hongqi Limo is a serious car in its own right.
Right now, they are doing a poor imitation of Chicken Little.
There are plenty we left out — super cheap ones, poor imitations of readers mentioned already, and some that just plain make us gag.
It's well - known just how much flak No Man's Sky and Hello Games received immediately following the release of what many considered to be a poor imitation of the game they purchased.
On one hand, it's easy to write Candy Crush off as a poor imitation of Bejeweled.
Best - case scenario: Cliff could help the Resident Evil team with its cover system, which felt like a poor imitation of Gears of Wars to begin with.
It very much feels like Mega Man initially and looks a great deal like how you'd imagine a modern Mega Man to look, but under the surface is a poor imitation.
Every aspect of the game feels like a poor imitation even down to the Wind Waker art style that falls apart when seen up - close.
At first, Bunny Dodge looks like a poor imitation of Futurlab's Coconut Dodge.
When has China ever made a game that wasn't just a poor imitation of something else?
It has fluid animations though, and some cool cutscenes too (even though they are poor imitations of the original ones).
It's essentially a poor imitation of the F - Zero attraction in Nintendo Land, as all you do is tilt the gamepad to control your skier, but without any reason to ever look at the TV, meaning it could just as easily have been designed for a Wii Remote.
Act 3 redeemed it, but still, Act 2 felt like a poor imitation of the quality storytelling that was going out in the rest of the game.
-LSB-...] gapingvoid's thoughts on blogging, 2010 Published: February 4, 2010 Source: Gapingvoid [«Poor Imitation».
Even Morano's red carpet was a poor imitation.
Out of college he spent several years as a Tour Actor / Director with the Missoula Children's Theater where he made a poor imitation of wildlife, singing and dancing in bear, wolf, and flytrap costumes.
A poor imitation of Apple's Siri at best, S - Voice was heavily criticized, quickly forgotten, and slowly became one of those apps that you disable right from the moment you get your phone.
Finally, you might want to encourage your buyers and sellers to choose an architect whose goal is to create a work that suits the client's physical and visual needs rather than just provides them an exact replica or poor imitation of another architect's designs.
It is ancient oak, but the boards have been sawn from old beams, then ground with an angle grinder in a poor imitation of worn boards.
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